Bug ID 483840: Serial number of a blade is not cleared in show command after it is moved

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 hf1, 11.5.1 hf2, 11.5.1 hf3, 11.5.1 hf4, 11.5.1 hf5, 11.5.1 hf6, 11.5.1 hf7, 11.5.1 hf8, 11.5.1 hf9, 11.5.1 hf10, 11.5.1 hf11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 hf1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Oct 10, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K90384094

Symptoms

In a partially populated chassis, if a blade is moved from one slot to another, the serial number is still shown in the previous slot from this command: guishell -c "select slot_id, serial_number from chassis_slot" The stale serial number is also visible in the user interface.

Impact

This issue is not harmful, but displays incorrect information.

Conditions

In a partially populated chassis, a blade is moved from one slot to another.

Workaround

The brute-force workaround is to reboot chassis.

Fix Information

Serial number of a blade is now cleared in show command after it is moved.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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